Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] up at [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I looked up at the bedroom window as I closed the door behind me . |
| 32 | I looked up at the sky and saw that the clouds were one dark , lurid , compact mass . |
| 33 | I looked up at the building . |
| 34 | I looked up at the sky and made a fist with the other hand , beating it into the ground . |
| 35 | I got out of bed and sat in my pyjama trousers and wrote a letter , quite a long letter , which I tore up at the first re-reading . |
| 36 | I queued up at the travel centre to pick up my copy . |
| 37 | I sat up at the counter and ordered Scotch on the rocks . |
| 38 | Last summer I was down in London on business and … er … it happened that , by chance … through some friends , I ended up at a party given by … er … well , some people in Holland Park . |
| 39 | I went round all the hospitals in Edinburgh and Leith all the doctors surgeries and there was nowhere and I ended up at the the women 's unit in Edinburgh City Chambers and I got help from the women 's unit and er from there we started a pressure group to get more literature to people , you know to get them into doctor 's surgeries so as they would know what to do , what to expect . |
| 40 | This reaches to the outer limits of hardcore with Carl Cox 's ‘ Rhythm Is A Drug ’ and the Wizard Of Oz 's ‘ Drowning In Your Blood Mix ’ which cleaned up at the band 's recent Heaven gig ( also backed with an ‘ Ahhhcapella ’ version which had them climbing the walls round at my place the other week ! ) . |
| 41 | Everyone turned up at the 42nd Street Theatre that night to see Noreen make her New York debut . |
| 42 | Nadine 's voice was calmer now , subdued and contemplative as she gazed up at the ceiling . |
| 43 | She gazed up at the ceiling with its painted blue flowers and wondered what Arnie was doing in Bradford . |
| 44 | Gently rocked by the smooth , rhythmic action of the calm sea , she gazed up at the sky above . |
| 45 | Finally , worn out by her own thoughts and the strain of the last few hours , she drew up at a small country hotel and took a room there for the night . |
| 46 | She squinted up at the sun . |
| 47 | She turned up at the Café Dôme one night , her beautiful dress torn to shreds . |
| 48 | The family 's maid has told how a dishevelled Spiro stopped her working when she turned up at the home the day after the killings . |
| 49 | It had been Marcus who turned up at the Evans house on Saturday afternoon when Pascoe was there . |
| 50 | The conference theme ‘ A Better Mousetrap ’ , ties in with the centenary of crime novelist Agatha Christie , who turned up at The Old Swan after her own mysterious disappearance , and the titles of some of the papers will reflect the investigation , detection and arrest of some villains that threaten our property , our health or our lives . |
| 51 | ‘ But that night you turned up at the farmhouse , you said … ’ |
| 52 | Centre Tim Horan was a firm favourite with the black and coloured youngsters who showed up at the Wallaby coach-in held at the Dan Qeqe Stadium in the Zwide township near Port Elizabeth . |
| 53 | She frowned up at the strange twisted forms of rock that were brilliantly lit by concealed coloured lights . |
| 54 | Outside again she glanced up at the sky which was a pale shade of blue . |
| 55 | Then turning her head , she glanced up at the sergeant , and with definite bitterness in her voice , said , ‘ I 'll never do that again . |
| 56 | She glanced up at the girl standing before her and shook her head . |
| 57 | The muffled jangle of the bell disturbed her reverie , and she glanced up at the clock — it lacked a few minutes to three — her visitor was punctual as usual . |
| 58 | She glanced up at the clock on the wall opposite . |
| 59 | She glanced up at the clock . |
| 60 | She glanced up at the ceiling once , as if in appreciation of the solution to a tough puzzle that she 'd been unable to crack without help ; the tile was still stuck in the open position , and Charlie was in no state to clamber up there and fix it . |